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Liz Cheney: Mike Enzi ‘confused’

Liz Cheney takes on Mike Enzi over Obamacare

A deal was reached earlier this month that allows the government to continue to subsidize parts of their health care premiums.

“The hypocrisy is stunning,” she said in a statement.“But all too typical of how Congress works. Members cut special deals for themselves so they don’t feel the pain their laws inflict on the general public. That’s one of the reasons I’m running for the Senate — to end this self-serving, behind the scenes deal-making.”

“This was a decision by the Administration, not Congress,” Coy Knobel said in an email. “Senator Enzi has already opposed it and the other exemptions and delays for businesses, insurance companies etc. Senator Enzi will continue his efforts to defund and dismantle Obamacare. He’ll make decisions about his own health care without help from candidate Cheney.”

He added that “despite the rhetoric, no one person can overturn this monstrosity,” but that the current Wyoming delegation “has worked tirelessly from the beginning to tell people about the problems, repeal and defund this law.”

Cheney, who has kept a relatively low profile since announcing her primary challenge last month, stressed in the press release that such a move takes away from the GOP goal of repealing Obamacare.

A “good place to start is to reverse the actions of the Obama administration making members of Congress all-too-comfortable under the Obamacare system,” she said. “That is why I’m calling on Sen. Enzi and other elected officials to renounce this special deal.”

The press release also linked to the petition, headlined “No more special deals for Congress.”